Gainestown Schoolhouse

Gainestown Schoolhouse
Nearest city: Gainestown, Alabama
Area: 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built: 1919
Architectural style: Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#:

92000033

[1]
Added to NRHP: October 1, 1992

The Gainestown Schoolhouse is a historic school building located on Clarke County Road 29 in Gainestown, Alabama. It was built in 1919 as a one-room schoolhouse and now serves as a guesthouse for the Wilson-Finlay House, located across the road. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 1992, due to its architectural significance.[1]

Architecture

The form is like that of most late 19th century school buildings in Alabama, namely a one story frame, rectangular-shaped building with a front gabled roof. A single entrance is found on the gabled front and a row of windows on each side elevation.[2]

The building was expanded to two rooms in 1930, with the addition of a western side-wing. The large gabled wing turned the schoolhouse into a T-shaped building.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ "Clarke County MPS". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500005.pdf. Retrieved February 21, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Historical Markers & Sites in Clarke County". Clarke County Historical Society. http://www.clarkemuseum.com/html/markers.html. Retrieved February 21, 2011. 
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